It is generally acknowledged that the church in America has some serious issues, is often in crisis mode, and that countless thousands of people are abandoning the Sunday-go-to-church model. It was George Barna’s observation years ago that the evangelical church is a mile long and an inch deep. I’m eighty years old now and have been around the block with evangelicalism and fundamentalism since 1964. I would like to offer some key reasons why the church in general is so shallow. By way of … [Read more...]
AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY: “Three Dollars Worth of God, Please”
Posted on October 29, 2025 · Leave a Comment
The Secret Place
Posted on December 21, 2020 · Leave a Comment
We'd encourage y'all to check out these 10 minute meditations by our good friend, Stephanie Bennett. She has 60+ in her series so far. We think they are special! Dotty & I have been involved in a few episodes. – Jon & Dotty No More Loneliness https://youtu.be/ATIOBvgzL9k Life In Christ (salvation) Is Also Life in the Body https://youtu.be/FIis0qupcbQ True Fellowship Can Be Inexplicable https://youtu.be/jvw1AsbX59k "Going to the Least of These" (with … [Read more...]
The Turning Points in My Journey
Posted on April 6, 2020 · Leave a Comment
A video testimony of the turning points in my journey from Tucson, AZ in April, 2020 https://youtu.be/WvO6IV5zX-0 … [Read more...]
“COLORED LADIES ROOM”
Posted on October 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
My 1965 Encounter with Segregation Dotty and I watched the film Hidden Figures recently. We really enjoyed it. I was especially touched by the scenes related to the fact that “Colored” women had to use a separate bathroom at Langley in Virginia, beginning in the 1940’s. I was born in Barstow, California, and then lived in Huntington Park, East L.A., Reseda and Canoga Park until age 20. I was accustomed to mingling with people across the ethnic spectrum, but while living in East … [Read more...]
THE ONE-PERSON SYSTEM STRIKES AGAIN
Posted on June 23, 2015 · 17 Comments
WHEN WILL WE HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO CHRIST’S BODY? The One-Person System Strikes Again Many loudly proclaim “the Scriptures are our rule of faith and practice,” yet their actions reveal that in crucial areas they don’t really care what the Lord says. People say that they care what the Bible says about their personal lives, but what the New Testament says about Christ’s life in His body is, practically speaking, disregarded and pushed aside. Only by turning a blind eye to the New … [Read more...]
WHAT ARE MY REASONS FOR WANTING TO GO ON LIVING?
Posted on November 23, 2011 · 4 Comments
Recently, Dotty and I attended a Marriage Encounter (www.wwme.org) weekend. Toward the end of the sessions, the husbands and wives were to spend an hour writing a letter to their spouse and then read their letters to each other. The letter would be in response to nine questions that were listed on a sheet of paper. This sheet opened in such a way that only question #1 was visible at first. The other questions were to be looked at only after #1 was answered. Here is my response to #1. After I … [Read more...]
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